How to hide underbar in EditText

Question

How can I hide the EditText underbar (the prompt line with little serifs at the ends)?

There might be a better way to do what I want: I have a layout with an EditTe

Answer 1

What I did was to create a Shape drawable and set that as the background:

Note: I actually used @dimen and @color values for the firelds, but I've simplified the shape file here for clarity.